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MILESTONE: Tony Johnson, of Redcliffs, has just turned 90, while Nancy Meherne, of Sumner, will celebrate her 90th birthday 

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HIGH-PROFILE developer 

Richard Peebles will bring 

Lyttelton’s Woolstore to life. 

The Peebles Group is developing 

the new hospitality and retail 

complex in the building on Te Ana 

Marina. 

Residents have been waiting for 

Lyttelton Port Company to announce 

its plans for The Woolstore 

since it became vacant in October. 

Some of the Mr Peebles’ city 

developments undertaken with his 

partners Mike Percasky and Kris 

Inglis include the Little High restaurant 

complex and the soon to be 

opened Riverside farmers’ market 

and Riverside retail complex. 

The Woolstore’s rustic character 

offers 720 sq m of ground floor 

space and features views over the 

marina, on-site car parking as well 

as a pedestrian link connecting Te 

Ana Marina to Lyttelton. 

The Peebles Group’s vision for 

the new complex includes small 

diverse retail activities, a local 

bar and restaurant, a gym which 

could have spin classes on the 

promenade, as well as small offices 

with “unrivalled views.” 

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THERE’S GREAT news on the front 

page today regarding The Woolstore in 

Lyttelton. 

It has been a long-time coming but 

finally word on who the developer of the 

bar, cafe and retail complex is out: The Peebles Group. 

The group is tip-top developers. It has the popular Little High 

in the central city and the soon-to-be opened Riverside farmers’ 

market and Riverside retail complex. 

But the important thing is the group, headed by Richard 

Peebles, has its heart in the region. 

It could have taken its money and ran to potentially more 

lucrative locations after the earthquakes. But they have invested 

here – which has been a massive help for the rebuild. 

Now they are doing something big in Lyttelton. Great news. 

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Residents launch litterbug patrol 


A NEW litterbug patrol will 

mitigate roadside rubbish 

around Diamond Harbour. 

Residents say they are sick 

of seeing litter which has been 

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as Allandale 

Reserve, Teddington 

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Callum 

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to launch the 

Volunteer Litterbug Patrol after 

he spent 30 minutes picking up 

rubbish on Gebbies Pass and 

barely made a dent. 

Mr Fawcett said the disregard 

of people who litter is “very frustrating” 

as the area is considered 

paradise by himself and other 

residents. 

The first litter pick-up event 

is set for August 11, meeting 

at 8.30am in the Diamond 

Harbour School car park before 

walking over to Allandale 

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He said more than 30 people 

have expressed an interest when 

he made a post about the patrol 

on the Facebook page Diamond 

Harbour, New Zealand Facebook 

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“Once we have done the first 

pickup, I’ve asked the school in 

a months time if we can involve 

the local students to do a quarterly 

pick-up in the waterways.” 

He said children will not be 

involved in the roadside pick-ps 

due to safety concerns. 

Mr Fawcett said he eventually 

wants to see signs that read 

“Diamond Harbour is a litterbug 

free zone.” 

Banks Peninsula Community 

Board member Tyrone Fields 

said it was good to hear that 

residents were taking action. 

“We are always looking for 

ways to facilitate local people 

following their passions so it’s 

great.” 

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THICK, see-through walls will 

allow the public to peer into the 

history of Ferrymead’s 149-yearold 

cob cottage. 

New designs show what the 

building in Scott Park will look 

like after it undergoes $530,000 

repairs as part of the city council’s 

plan to restored heritage 

buildings across the city. 

The building, which is known 

as Penfold Cottage, was severely 

damaged in the Canterbury 

earthquakes – with two of its 

walls mostly collapsed. 

Standing walls at the front of 

the building will be strengthened 

with an interior steel frame, 

while the two partial walls will 

be encased in clear materials. The 

roof will also be fixed. 

Inside it will be historic items 

of interest. 

Heritage programme manager 

Richie Moyle said the building 

will be “vandal-proof” from graffiti 

or scratch-marks. 

He said staff have ensured 

the building will have adequate 

ventilation, and that drainage 

systems have been redone to 

prevent the glass from fogging up 

on the inside. 

Mr Moyle said staff hope to get 

contractors on the job in October 

so that work can be completed by 

February 2020. 

City councillor Sara Templeton 

said the cottage will be an asset 

to the community as it will be 

a destination along the coastal 

pathway. 

“I think it’s great that the building 

is finally getting its repairs. 

There was a really good consultation 

with the community and 

what came out of it was that people 

wanted to be able to value the heritage 

and be able to see it, but didn’t 

necessarily want to go inside.” 


Clear materials for cottage 

DESIGNS: Ferrymead’s cob cottage in Scott Park will be 

strengthened with an interior steel frame, while the two partial 

walls will be encased in clear, strong materials. 

The cottage was built by sea 

captain James Penfold. 

However, it was lived in by 

migrants in the late 19th-century 

before being largely rebuilt 

in the 1940s using cob style 

construction – a mixture of clay 

and tussock or rushes. 

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A REPORT on funding for 

Sumner’s crime cameras was 

removed from the Linwood- 

Central-Heathcote Community 

Board agenda “last minute” by 

city council staff. 

Board members were meant 

to decide last Wednesday on a 

recommendation to decline all 

funding towards cameras which 

would help to prevent crime in 

Sumner. 

The amount requested by Safer 

Sumner was $16,187. 

This is because the price of 

cameras skyrocketed from 

$4000 to $20,000 in December 

due to police requesting the 

cameras aligned with their 

system. 

However, the application was 

withdrawn due to its difficulty to 

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Now 

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Fire rages, homes at risk 

Hurdle for Sumner 

crime camera funding 

meet the Discretionary Response 

Fund criteria. 

There has been confusion over 

inconsistent information from 

police as to who can fund the 

cameras, as community-funded 

equipment is not an option. 

City councillor Sara Templeton 

said the community board, Safer 

Sumner, city council staff and 

police will likely meet to discuss a 

way forward. 

Afterwards, a report will 

come back to the board for 

a decision once there is 

sufficient information and clear 

direction. 

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News 

Development for woolstore 

•From page 1 

“Our plans are being finalised 

and we are looking 

forward to engaging with 

prospective tenants over 

the coming weeks. We will 

be commencing building 

work very shortly,” Mr 

Peebles said. 

“I just love this building 

and the waterfront 

position overlooking the 

amazing new marina is 

incredible. Where else in 

Christchurch 

do you 

get a view 

like this?” he 

said. 

Deputy 

Mayor 

Richard 

Peebles 

and Banks 

Peninsula 

councillor 

Andrew Turner has welcomed 

the announcement. 

“It represents further 

positive progress at Te Ana 

Marina. The community 

has been impressed with 

the development of the 

new facilities and the longawaited 

public waterfront 

access which Te Ana provides,” 

said Cr Turner. 

“This development 

will lead to the opening 

of businesses which can 

only enhance the Te Ana 

experience for visitors and 

users,” Cr Turner said. 

Lyttelton Community 


THE DIAMOND Harbour 

Volunteer Fire Brigade 

has received a $5000 

funding boost towards its 

new $60,000 four-wheeldrive 

support vehicle and 

equipment. 

The grant was a joint 

venture from Heron 

Construction and C and R 

Developments, which are 

undertaking quarrying 

and bund construction at 

Lyttelton. 

LONG TIME COMING: Lyttelton residents have 

been waiting for an announcement about the Te 

Ana Marina Woolstore building since it first became 

empty in October. 

Association chairman Ken 

Maynard has been outspoken 

at the length of time it 

has taken LPC to make its 

announcement. 

“They have been saying 

something has been coming 

soon for months or has 

it been years?” Mr Maynard 

told the Bay Harbour 

News in June. 

Now, he has said the news 

is “excellent” as the marina 

desperately needed an outlet 

which would encourage 

people to use the port. 

“It’s next to the proposed 

city council development 

at Naval Point which is all 

part of the cheering up of 

the harbour,” he said. 

LPC chief executive 

Peter Davie said he is 

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excited to see the buzz of 

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Lyttelton. 

“Te Ana Marina has 

already started this process, 

and The Woolstore is the 

next stage of making the 

harbour a place where people 

can connect and enjoy the 

waterfront. Almost all of the 

170 floating berths at Te Ana 

Marina are leased, meaning 

The Woolstore will already 

benefit from a captive 

audience of marina users,” 

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HISTORY: Teddington farmers once used a 300ft jetty, built in 1865, before it was wiped out by a 

tsunami three years later. 

Blog unearths stories 

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Harbour’s lost jetties 


YOU MAY not know it, but 

Teddington was once home 

to a 300ft jetty that stretched 

out across the mudflats to help 

farmers who used the sea as their 

highway. 

Its use was short-lived. In 1868, 

three years after it was built, 

it was wiped out by the largest 

recorded distant tsunami to 

strike New Zealand. 

This story is one of 58 that were 

uncovered by Governors Bay 

resident Jane Robertson on her 

blog Between Land and the Sea: 

Jetties of Whakaraupo/Lyttelton 

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Lyttelton Harbour’s lost jetties, 

which she has been working on 

since early 2018. 

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For each lost jetty, Ms 

Robertson would travel 

to its location to see any 

evidence and form a 

mental picture of what 

once was. 

“I actually see things 

differently. I can see 

how difficult life was 

for a lot of people,” Ms 

Robertson said. 

Ms Robertson would 

spend about a week 

or longer writing each 

post, gathering information 

from websites, old newspapers, 

books, national archives as well 

as residents. 

She said people who have 

viewed the blog have given her 

positive feedback. 

“What I like most is when 

people say, ‘oh, I remember that’.” 

“Charteris Bay was an 

interesting one because of the old 

yacht club out there. I had a lot of 

people talk to me about that and 

give me photographs. There were 

actually a lot of old jetties out that 

way once upon a time,” 

she said. 

Ms Robertson moved 

to Governors Bay in 

2003 and decided to give 

up her job at Canterbury 

University in 2006 as 

she wanted to earn an 

income in Governors 

Bay. 

“I was fed up with 

living in such a 

beautiful place and having to 

go over the hill and work out of 

concrete buildings.” 

Do you have a story to tell 

about Lyttelton Harbour’s lost 

jetties? Email them to: 

jess.gibson@starmedia.kiwi 

Jane Robertson 

Governors Bay walking 

track temporarily closing 

A POPULAR walking track 

along the Governors Bay 

foreshore will be closed 

weekdays for the next two 

months. 

The closure is necessary 

because contractors working on 

the Lyttelton Harbour wastewater 

project need to lay new 

pipeline and electrical cabling 

to connect the Jetty Rd pump 

station with the new Governors 

Bay pump station, which was 

commissioned last month. 

“Heavy machinery and rock 

breaking equipment will be in 

use while this work is done so in 

the interests of public safety we 

have decided to close the track 

during the weekdays when the 

contractors are working,’’ said 

city council senior project manager 

Hunter Morgan. 

“We know the track though 

is very popular so we will be 

allowing public access to it in the 

weekends.’’ 

The pipeline and cabling work 

is part of the Lyttelton Harbour 

Wastewater Project to end the 

routine discharge of treated 

wastewater into the harbour. 

The project involves converting 

the wastewater treatment 

CLOSED: The Governors Bay 

foreshore track will be closed 

on weekdays for the next two 

months. 

plants at Cashin Quay, Governors 

Bay and Diamond Harbour 

into pump stations and piping 

all of the harbour’s wastewater 

through the Lyttelton Tunnel 

and onto the Bromley Wastewater 

Treatment Plant. 

The Governors Bay foreshore 

track will be closing in August 

and is expected to reopen at the 

end of September. 

Community information 

sessions about the track closure 

will be held in the Governors 

Bay Allendale Hall on July 31 

and August 1. 

Tram lines unearthed 

A SECTION of the original 

Sumner tram line has 

been uncovered during 

Sumner Village Master Plan 

enhancement works. 

Well-preserved tram tracks 

were discovered last when undertaking 

works in the middle 

of the carriageway on Marriner 

St, near the intersection with 

Burgess St. 

A tram line connecting 

Christchurch and Sumner was 

first proposed in 1855, but it was 

not until the 1880s that the idea 

became reality, with the Sumner 

tram line extension opened in 

1888. 

City council’s planning, 

delivery and transport manager 

Lynette Ellis said the on-site 

archaeologist was able to record 

and photograph the sleepers 

and take a sample for later testing. 

However, the construction of 

the road means that the site is 

not able to be preserved. 

Contractors are currently 

in stage eight of the village 

upgrades, which includes 

paving footpaths and road 

surfaces at the intersection of 

Marriner St and Wakefield 

Ave, digging up the old road 

surface along Wakefield Ave and 

building a new one, installing, 

testing and chlorinating the 

new water mains, installing and 

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News 

Art auction fundraiser 


“A huge thank you to our 

organisers and contributors. We 

MORE THAN 100 artworks 

look forward to using the funds 

by artists with Banks Peninsula 

raised to support learning in 

connections have been put 

and through the arts but also to 

forward to fundraise for 

support new and exciting school 

Lyttelton Primary School. 

initiatives to inspire and engage 

The Peninsula Art Auction 

our learners,” he said. 

will be held on Saturday and 

Peninsula art committee 

Sunday from 10am-4pm at the 

member Claire Coates said she 

school site, 34 Oxford St. 

is “very excited” for this year’s 

Works will be available for 

events as there will be more artists 

making contributions than 

viewing and silent auction bidding 

at the biennial event, which 

ever before. 

is being held for the eighth time 

“One thing that’s different 

as the school’s major fundraiser. 

is we are running an art week 

In 2017, a cheque for $42,000 

at the school in the lead up to 

was presented to the school. 

the event. It’s a nice way for the 

About 70 artists have contributed 

paintings, photography, 

children to see that side of it and 

jewellery, pottery and sculptures ARTISTRY: Artworks from they can view the school as a 

this year. 

Bill Hammond, Jason Greig pop-up gallery before the event,” 

Twenty-five works from the 

and Ben Reid will be among she said. 

more than 100 paintings, All works to be auctioned 

most collectable artists, including 

Bill Hammond, Jason Greig 

photography, jewellery, can be viewed online at www. 

pottery and sculptures peninsula-art.co.nz. 

and Ben Reid, are reserved for auctioned at The Peninsula 

the live auction at a ticketed gala Art Auction 

•For further information 

evening at the school on Sunday 

email Mrs Coates on 

from 7pm. 

directly benefit the children peninsula.art.auction@ 

“The art auction is an amazing 

community initiative to Brendan Wright. 

0231 

of Lyttelton,” said principal gmail.com, or phone 021 

8196 

WE ARE WELL into winter and 

it massively sucks. For me at least. 

I used to be quite the fan of cold 

weather and rain. Before Vittoria 

was born it was the perfect excuse 

to just grab a pizza and play video 

games all day. 

Now it’s like a prison sentence 

with a guaranteed cranky and 

potentially smelly cellmate. 

The gloom of being trapped 

inside over the last week or so has 

been compounded by the fact that 

the house is like something out of 

a spanish flu documentary film. 

All three of us are sick with 

coughs and colds but only two 

of us are actually suffering. The 

other is still happy to run around 

climbing on the furniture. While 

also looking at me with that 

“but why can’t we go to the park 

daddy?” look. 

We’ve managed to duck out for 

a walk or two, but they mostly 

end in getting rained on and feeling 

like a bad parent because of it. 

But I can’t have Vittoria trapped 

inside all day every day, so we will 

at least get out to the driveway 

so she can explore the garden or 

push a doll in her wee pram up 

the street a little bit. 

Which is where a little interaction 

I want to share with you 

occurs regularly. 

We’ve got two cats – Loki and 

Misty. Loki is your typical house 

cat, she’s not huge on leaving a 

comfy spot but she’s great with 

Vittoria and very patient. 

Misty on the other hand is a 

VITTORIA 

& Matt 

definite outside cat and still hasn’t 

totally warmed to the latest addition 

to the family. 

Which makes it surprising that, 

every time we walk around the 

drive or on the street near the 

house, Misty will follow Vittoria 

like a hawk to keep an eye on her. 

She just turns up every time like 

magic. 

It’s not in a hunting kind of 

way either, it’s like she knows 

Vittoria is young and needs a set 

of grown up eyes on her, even if 

they are grown up cat eyes. She’ll 

keep a small distance and follow 

up to about 100m either side of 

Local 

News 

Now 

Sumner identities 

both celebrate 

90th birthdays 

•From page 1 

Mrs Meherne first moved to 

Sumner in 1956 with her husband, 

Doug, on their wedding 

day and taught at Sumner School 

for most of her life. 

She remembers when she used 

to take her classes to the beach 

to pick up driftwood and they 

would come back and light a fire 

to cook their lunch. 

“I tried to make their school 

life interesting because mine 

wasn’t,” she said. 

She still teaches music, and 

has written several operettas 

over the years for children 

based on the true stories and 

memoirs of orphans in New 

Zealand. 

“We had wonderful concerts. 

We put on the operettas and had 

an orchestra playing and the children 

sang their hearts out.” 

Misty the moggy keeps an attentive eye on Vittoria 

our drive. Occasionally, she’ll get 

closer and rub against Vittoria, I 

guess to reassure her. Or rub scent 

on her so other cats know whose 

property she is, I don’t know. 

Although I know I can’t fully 

entrust a rampant toddler to the 

care of a tabby cat, I quite like 


Mr Johnson has been involved 

with the Sumner Surf Lifesaving 

Club for almost 70 years. 

He moved to Sumner from the 

central city during the end of 

World War 2 to a house “down 

by the Esplanade near where the 

old surf club was.” 

The ex-cabinet maker would 

put his carpentry skills to good 

use back in the day, by making 

popular surf craft like skis and 

boards. 

“I made a lot of those for 

friends and club members. It was 

really more of a hobby, myself 

and an old friend would work 

on them after school and after 

work,” he said. 

Now the patron of the club, 

Mr Johnson saw about 70 people 

attend his birthday bash at the 

new surf lifesaving clubrooms on 

July 20. 

EXPLORING: 

Misty 

checking in 

on Vittoria 

while she 

plays on the 

footpath. 

the idea that Vittoria’s always got 

someone looking out for her. 

•Former Bay Harbour News 

journalist Matt Salmons 

has become a stay-at-home 

dad. We follow his journey 

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Youth MPs raise issues 

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Port Hills MP 

Ruth Dyson 

writes about 

her youth 

representative, 

Cha’nel Kaa- 

Luke, and her 

experience 

during a two-day Youth 

Parliament event in 

Wellington on July 16 and 

17 

Once in every three-year term 

of Parliament, each MP and the 

press gallery journalists have 

an opportunity to send a young 

person from their electorate to 

represent them in our Youth 

Parliament. 

My representative this year 

is Cha’nel Kaa-Luke, a student 

at Van Asch Deaf Education 

Centre who is studying at Hillmorton 

High School. She did a 

fantastic job and was elected to 

chair the Maori Affairs Select 

Committee – a real privilege. 

For many people, Parliament 

is an alien environment and it 

is so good to see it being taken 

over by young people who are all 

bursting with fresh ideas about 

how to make our country better. 

Cha’nel raised the profile of deaf 

students and issues impacting 

on them in a way that no hearing 

person is able to do. And 

her fluency in three languages is 

DEDICATED: Cha’nel Kaa-Luke (left) represented Ruth Dyson 

and Mia Wright represented Nicky Wagner at a two-day Youth 

Parliament event in Wellington on July 16 and 17 

impressive and unusual in New 

Zealand born people. 

The Youth MPs got to not only 

work in the select committee 

environment but also to debate 

in Parliament itself. They raised 

issues which need to be debated 

and considered more, particularly 

around access to mental 

health support, climate change 

and respect for the voices of 

young people. They certainly 

earned that respect. 

Our electorate was honoured 

to actually have another “local” 

represented as Mia Wright from 

Sumner was also a Youth MP for 

my colleague Nicky Wagner. She 

described it as “amazing and a 

cool experience.” 

It is an experience which 

I certainly hope breaks 

down some of the barriers 

between our young people and 

understanding how Parliament 

works. Our Youth MPs are the 

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and I know that both Cha’nel 

and Mia represented us well and 

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elderly relative care, and perhaps 

companion animals. Employers 

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Scholarship thrown way of pitcher 

FAST BALL: Josh Wilson will become just the second 

Canterbury baseballer to play at college in the United States. 

PHOTOS: MARTIN HUNTER 

• By Gordon Findlater 

SPORT 

SUMNER TEENAGE baseball 

Josh Wilson will take his 

talents stateside after striking a 

scholarship to play at Hesston 

College in Kansas. 

The 18-year-old pitcher will 

become just the second Canterbury 

baseballer to play at college 

in the United States and the first 

to receive a scholarship to play 

when he leaves for Kansas on 

August 11. 

He is also the latest youngster 

chasing the dream of becoming 

Kiwi to play in Major League 

Baseball. Christchurch softball 

turned baseball player Travis 

Wilson – who is of no relation to 

Josh – came tantalisingly close 

to cracking MLB in the early 

2000s. 

Wilson only took up baseball 

three years ago when he was 

introduced to the sport by a 

friend. However, a background 

in cricket made the adaption 

easier. 

“He’s taken to it like a duck 

to water. The cricketers seem to 

be able to adapt quite well,” said 

Canterbury Baseball president 

Brian Hemera. 

“They see the ball coming 

overarm to them with cricket, 

so it’s a bit like facing a full toss 

really.” 

Wilson says he enjoyed watching 

baseball and had played t- 

ball in his primary school years, 

but was unaware a baseball competition 

existed in Christchurch. 

“I hadn’t done much pitching 

before baseball, but I knew I had 

a decently strong arm from fielding 

on the boundary in cricket 

. . . when I was first started I was 

rubbish. I couldn’t throw a strike 

to save my life,” said Wilson. 

“My coach helped me a lot with 

solidifying solid form and a good 

technique. It’s a massive part of 

pitching and I’ve just kept doing 

that. I don’t even have to throw a 

ball, I just go through the same 

motion over and over again.” 

Persistence has paid off. Last 

year Wilson travelled to the US 

with the New Zealand under-18 

team which competed at the 

ADAPTING: 

Wilson only 

took up 

baseball three 

years ago, but 

has been aided 

by a strong 

upbringing in 

cricket. 

Arizona Fall Classic Showcase. 

The tournament allowed Wilson 

to show off his talents in front of 

college scouts which has led to 

the scholarship opportunity at 

the junior college. 

Wilson says he gets most of his 

strikes from curve balls and sliders 

and can currently get his fast 

ball near 80mph (128km/h). 

He currently plays in the 

Christchurch mens competition 

which has just four teams. However, 

with a number of younger 

players taking up the game he 

can see more of them following 

in his footsteps. 

“I can definitely see guys 

younger than me going there. I 

wish I started when I was 12 or 

13. Those kids are getting really 

good coaching and I can see 

them doing really well,” Wilson 

said. 

Flowers are 

always a winner 

AdveRTORiAL 

And not just for the champions – everyone 

gets a flowery gift at the Governor’s Bay to 

Lyttelton 10km run. On Saturday 17 August, 

one of Canterbury’s longest-running events 

will be in its 58th year. The 10km running 

event organised by the Methodist Harriers 

is only overtaken by one other Canterbury 

classic - the Takahe to Akaroa Relay which 

has been operating for a mere 75 years. 

So what makes it popular year after year 

to run to Lyttelton from Governor’s Bay? 

Firstly, the handicap race guarantees that all 

runners, regardless of their ability, celebrate 

the finish together. The speedy front runners 

start at the back of the event, so there is 

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on their own. Some entrants use this race 

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training session. The road surface is easy to 

run. (We'll be running on the tarmac edge so 

cars can pass, but it would be good to plan 

your journey to be slower.) We'll all be taking 

care, despite the distraction of the harbour 

view – that is huge part of the enjoyment 

factor. Another attraction to the event is 

the artfully selected flowers by Aromaunga 

Baxters Flowers that placeholders can take 

home, and the10 floral spot prizes up for 

grabs. 

Best of all, every participant is a winner, 

as race finishers take home a single bloom 

to keep celebrating for days. People train 

really hard day in day out. Let's increase that 

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be available to members of 

the community to witness 

signatures and documents, 

certify document copies, hear 

oaths, declarations, affidavits 

or affirmations, as well as sign 

citizenship, sponsorship or rates 

rebates applications. There is no 

charge for this service. 

Little River Library and 

Matuku Takotako: Sumner 

Centre 

Tai Chi 

Friday, 7-8.30pm 

This is a gentle exercise for 

people of all ages and fitness 

levels, bringing many health and 

other benefits. All are welcome 

to attend this weekly class. Phone 

If you need help using your computer, smartphone, iPad, or tablet, go along to a technology 

help session at Matuku Takotako: Sumner Centre on Monday from 2-3pm. It will cover off 

email, searching the internet, using the library catalogue, eBooks, and general computer 

queries. Take your laptop, tablet, or smartphone, or use one of the centre’s computers for 

help with anything digital. No bookings required at this free event. 

Lucida for more information on 

022 697 7420. 

105 Bridle Path Rd 

Lens on the World 

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 

10am-4pm 

An exhibition of art 

photographs by members of 

the Diamond Harbour Camera 

Club, which includes images 

from club field trips and travels 

abroad. All works for sale. Free 

entry. Historic Stoddart Cottage 

is a great place to visit with 

the family during the school 

holidays. Hop on the ferry from 

Lyttelton. 

Stoddart Cottage Trust, 2a 

Waipapa Ave, Diamond Harbour 

Shoreline Toastmasters 

Monday, 7.30-9pm 

Nervous about speaking? 

Gain confidence by practicing 

speaking, listening, learning 

and laughing in a warm, 

friendly environment. 

Mt Pleasant Yacht Club 

Akaroa Craft Group 

Monday, 1.30-2.30pm 

Go along and join the very 

friendly Akaroa Craft Group. 

Sit in comfy chairs and have a 

relaxing chat while working on 

your craft project. Share skills in 

a wide range of crafts, including 

needlework, knitting, quilting, 

handicrafts, making dolls, teddy 

bears and spinning. 

Akaroa Library 

Mt Pleasant Walking Group 

Tuesday and Thursday, 

9.30am 

A mix of flat and hill walks 

for people with a medium 

level of fitness. Walks are in 

nearby areas and further afield. 

There will be car-pooling with 

shared costs. Phone Judy on 384 

1269 for more information. 

Various locations



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Auction: Thursday 8 Aug 2019, Unless Sold Prior 

4 bedrooms | 2 bathrooms | 3 toilets | 2 living rooms | 1 office/study 

2 car-garage | 2 off-street parks | Listing Number: SM0217 

Superbly positioned in The Ridge 

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An exceptional home of Sean McCurrie 

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A large office with a built-in desk and 

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really does feel like your own private 

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for access to the patio and fresh air. Flexibility 

is paramount in the downstairs level with 3 

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terrace, a main bathroom and a media room 

which could also be used as a 5th bedroom 

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and Wednesday 7 August 5:00pm - 5:45pm. 

See you at the open homes or for a private 

viewing or for more information contact 

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Sumner (Licensed Agent REAA 2008) on 

384 7950 or mobile 0274 318 960. 

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You’re invited to the party 

Renovation celebrations are kicking off at 

Westfield Riccarton Food Court


BAY HARBOUR 


Let’s celebrate 

Come on down for face painting, balloon twisting, 

musical entertainment and more. 

1-2 AUGUST 

8-9 AUGUST 

| 5PM-8PM 

| 5PM-8PM 

See you in the Food Court



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